Recently ditched Ovivo despite it being free because Vodafone network it crap. I'm now with Orange, or EE as they are now crappily called.

Internet speeds seem to be great in most areas however I have noticed that the mobile speed at home is absolutely annihilated in the evenings. Down from 3mb pre 6pm to 0.15mb afterwards even though it shows a HSPDA connection.

Interesting, I went the other way, from Orange which was crap to Vodafone which was miles better. Never had many issues when I did have an Orange signal, although it was a couple of years ago so things may have changed.

I'm on O2 and get 3 bars at this house in devon, where as Charlie struggles with her EE signal. It's just pot luck depending on where you live and the positions of transmitters. They'll vary depending on your location.

I've got rather brassed off with Orange/EE this month. At the end of June, I switched all my direct debits to a new bank account with Halifax (they gave me £100 and £5/month for doing so ). For reasons unknown to me, something went wrong with the Orange one, and they weren't able to take the money as usual this month. So they sent me a nasty letter threatening to cut me off if I didn't pay in 7 days, which I thought was absolutely the right way to treat a customer who had been with them for years and never had any payment problems before. I rang up the number given on the letter to reset the direct debit, and after following all the recorded messages, discovered I could only do it online.

Anyway, I then went onto my account and set up the direct debit again, but they still didn't take the money. The seven-day deadline passes, and although my phone is still working, they restricted my online account so that I can only pay them by card. I bite the bullet, enter my card details, and get a confirmation screen saying the payment's been taken and the account will be updated within 24 hours. Foolishly I forgot to note the reference number, assuming that I'd get a confirmation email as well. I didn't, and 24 hours later the account was still showing as overdue with no money taken out of my bank account. I waited until the end of the day and still no money was taken from the bank. So I went through the process again. This time the money has gone, but when I log on to my account I get the following message:

You have an overdue balance of £0.00. Until the outstanding balance has been paid online access to this account will be restricted to making a payment and viewing your bills.

All I want to do is check when the current contract expires so that I can move to another supplier...